Author Archives: Plymothian

  The last two days I have been looking through the Olivet Discourse.  The disciples walk up the Mount of Olives and they look back across the valley to the temple complex and they marvel at the great stones that … Continue reading →

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus … Continue reading →

“All people are like grass,     and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a] And this is the word that was preached to … Continue reading →

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and … Continue reading →

  17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, … Continue reading →

… but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” Holy Jesus was set apart by God the Father for a … Continue reading →

As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance … Non-Conformist The Christian does not conform to the patterns of this world, but is transformed by the renewing of their minds.  In so doing they … Continue reading →

… obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and enquired carefully, 11 enquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ … Continue reading →